Basiphyllaea volubilis (M.A.Díaz) Sosa & M.A.Díaz 2001>
Photo by © Julio Larramendi
Drawing by Edmundo Saavedra from Diaz, Arias and Llamacho 74819 [HAJB]
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Common Name
Flower Size small
Found in Cuba in rocky serpentine soils in pinelands forests at elevations of 700 to 1000 meters as a large to giant sized, warm growing terrestrial with tuberous, subterranean, conical, horizontally flattened stems carrying a single, usually present at flowering, linear to linear-lanceolate, acute leaf that blooms in the mid fall through winter on a terminal, erect becoming vinelike when in contact with surrounding vegetation, solitary, successively 5 to 12 flowered inflorescence with ovate floral bracts.
Synonyms *Bletia volubilis M.A.Díaz 1988 publ. 1989
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Antillanae Nir 2000; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001 as Bletia volubilis; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 4 Epidendroideae Part 1 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase & Rasmussen 2005 drawing; The Orchids of Cuba Llamacho & Larramendi 2005 photo fide; Orchid Flora of the Greater Antilles Ackerman 2014
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